Lessons and Fairy Tales

BASKETBALL

Basketball is a group ball sport consisting of two teams of five people each play scoring points by inserting the ball into the basket of the opponent. Basketball can be on an open field, although professional matches are generally conducted in an enclosed space. The required match field is also relatively not large, for example compared to football. In addition, the game of basketball is also more competitive because the tempo of the game tends to be faster when compared to other football sports, such as volleyball and football.

Basketball is one of the most popular sports by the population of the United States and the population in the other hemisphere, among others in South America, Southern Europe, Lithuania, and also in Indonesia. Many basketball competitions are held every year, such as the British Basketball League (BBL) in England, the National Basketball Association (NBA) in America, and the Indonesia Basketball League (IBL) in Indonesia.

HISTORIES

Basketball is considered a unique sport because it was created accidentally by a sports teacher. In 1891, Dr. James Naismith, a Canadian sports teacher who teaches at a college for professional students at the YMCA (a Christian youth college) in Springfield, Massachusetts, must make a game in an enclosed space to fill the time of the students during the winter holidays in New England. Inspired by a game he played as a child in Ontario, Naismith created the game now known as basketball on December 15, 1891.

According to the story, after rejecting some ideas because it was considered too hard and less suitable to be played in closed rinks, he then wrote some basic rules, sticking a basket on the wall of the sports arena room, and then he wrote down some basic rules, and ask the students to start playing the game of his creation.

The first official basketball game, held on January 20, 1892 at the workplace of Dr. James Naismith. Basketball is the name spoken by one of his students. This sport was soon famous throughout the United States. Fanatical fans are placed all over the branches in the United States. Match after game was held in all cities of the United States.

In the beginning, each team was nine and there was no dribble, so the ball could only move through the throw. The history of basketball rules begins with 13 basic rules written by James Naismith.

The court, time, and number of basketball players

Basketball court is rectangular in shape with two standard sizes, it is 28.5 meters long and 15 meters wide for National Basketball Association standards and 26 meters long and 14 meters wide for International Basketball Federation standards. Three circles on the basketball court have a radius length of 1.8 meters.

The number of players in the game of basketball is 5 people in a squad with a reserve of 5 people. The number of referees in basketball is 2. Referee 1 is called referee while referee 2 is called umpire.

The circumference of the ball used in basketball games is 75 cm – 78 cm. While the weight of the ball is 600 – 650 grams. If the ball is dropped from a height of 1.80 meters on the floor of the board, then the ball must return at a height between 1.20 – 1.40 meters.

The length of the outer rebound board is 1.80 meters while the width of the outer rebound board is 1.20 meters. And the length of the inner reflection board is 0.59 meters while the width of the inner reflection board is 0.45 meters.

The distance from the floor to the bottom of the rebound board is 2.75 meters. While the distance of the bottom bouncing board up to the basketball hoop is 0.30 meters. Basketball hoops are 0.40 meters long. While the distance of the support pole to the end line is 1 meter.

The length of the center line of the circle on the basketball court is 1.80 meters with a line width size of 0.05 meters. The length of the end line of the circle of the attack area is 6 meters. While the length of the penalty shot line is 3.60 meters.

There are 3 main positions in playing basketball, namely:

}Forward: the player whose main task is to score points by inserting the ball into the opponent's basket.

}Defense: the player whose main task is to keep the opposing player so that the opposing player has trouble entering the ball

}Playmaker: the player who becomes the key figure of the game by setting the flow of the ball and the strategy played by his teammates.